New MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System Tornado-G and Tornado-S for Russian army in 2015 2909124.

"Our main efforts will be focus to the purchase of modern weapons until 2015. Multiple Launch Rocket System Tornado Tornado-G and Tornado-S will enter in service for artillery units after approval tests", said General Tchirkine.

Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov has previously announced that his ministry had signed a contract with "Plants Motovilikha" of Perm for the production of more than 60 rocket launcher vehicles Tornado.

Tornado system is designed on the basis of Russian multiple rocket launchers BM-21 Grad. With a satellite guidance system, it has a range of 40 km and can carry out strikes against tanks, artillery batteries and command posts. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, the Tornado-G is three times more efficient than its predecessors, BM-21 Grad and BM-30 Smerch.